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[edit] SECTION 1 Purpose of the Employee Handbook

[edit] SECTION 2 Facts about Macalester

[edit] SECTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR STAFF

[edit] SECTION 3 Staff Employment

[edit] SECTION 4 Staff Wage and Salary Plan

[edit] SECTION 5 Staff Training and Development

[edit] SECTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR FACULTY

[edit] SECTION 6 Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures

[edit] SECTION 7 Curricular Policies and Procedures

[edit] SECTION 8: DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

http://www.macalester.edu/hr/handbook/section8.html

1. Department Policies
   The Academic Departments and Programs are the basic units of organization for the Macalester Faculty and Academic Programs.
   1. Every department and program shall have a chair for administrative purposes.
      1. Department and program chairs are appointed to 3-year terms by the Provost. Prior to an appointment of a department or program chair, the Provost consults with the faculty in the department or program.
      2. Duties of Chair
         1. Preside over department meetings.
         2. Administer departmental personnel functions such as recruiting and evaluation.
         3. Administer department budgets.
         4. Maintain departmental communications with other college agencies.
         5. Participate in department chairs' meetings.
         6. Members of the faculty may be designated as members of one or more departments and programs, but shall be affiliated with one department or program for administrative purposes such as personnel evaluations and housing.
   2. All courses, majors, cores, and minors (other than Individually Designed Interdepartmental Majors) will be offered under the auspices of a department or program.
2. Department and Program Reviews
   1. The Provost, in consultation with the Educational Policies and Governance Committee (EPAG), will maintain and implement a plan for Department and Interdepartmental Program reviews. Each January EPAG and the Provost will reconsider the long term schedule for reviews and determine which departments and programs are to be reviewed in the next academic year. Departments and programs may also request a review. Arrangements for all reviews are made by the department or program chair in consultation with the Associate Provost and EPAG.
   2. Before the review the department/program chair prepares a self study, assembles other documentary material, and schedules the review. The department/program self study should discuss the department/program's curriculum, recent history, students, graduates, department/program faculty scholarship, and specific questions the department wishes addressed by the review committee.
      1. The preliminary review data should include:
         1. Department Enrollment
            1. Total
            2. Rank in College
            3. FTE
            4. FTE Rank in College
         2. Department Majors and Cores
            1. Declared Majors and Cores
            2. Rank in College
            3. Graduate Majors and Cores
            4. Rank in College
         3. Department/Program Faculty Course Enrollments
            1. Course Enrollments
            2. Totals and Percentages
               1. Within Department
               2. Within total faculty enrollments
            3. Comparable Department/Program Enrollments
         4. Full budgetary data for the current and previous academic year.
         5. The college catalogue, academic year schedule, department/program faculty vitae, and recent student course evaluations (if available).
         6. The last department/program review report, recent department/program chair annual reports, and any pending position requests.
      2. Members of the review team will be scheduled to meet at least the President, Provost, EPAG Representatives, all Department/Program faculty individually, department/program major and general education students, faculty from related and/or cooperating departments and programs, staff from any cooperating academic or non-academic departments or programs (e.g. International Center, the Humanities Learning Center, the Internship Program, etc.). They shall also inspect and evaluate the library resources of the department or program. In addition, committee members will be encouraged to observe department/program classes.
   3. A department or interdepartmental program review committee and its budget is determined by the Provost in consultation with EPAG and the department or program faculty and should include two or three scholars in the field from outside the Macalester faculty chosen from a list submitted to the Associate Provost by the department or program. One of these scholars will chair the review committee and prepare a final written report in consultation with other members of the committee.
   4. The purpose of the review is to consider a department's or program's curricular strengths and needs. The review team will be presented with a formal charge drafted by the Provost in consultation with EPAG and the department or program. Such charges will vary from department to department, but all charges will address at least the following questions:
      1. What role does the department/program play within the general educational program of the college and how can its performance in this area be improved?
      2. How well does the department/program introduce its major students to the particular field of study and how can this process be improved?
      3. Is the department/program well configured to fill its role within the Macalester educational program, and, if not, how might it be reconfigured to serve Macalester better? Comments should be offered on the size of the department/program and the field distribution of its faculty, department/program budget, facilities, and equipment needs, and library resources.
   5. After the review, the review committee chair, in consultation with the rest of the review committee, prepares a written report for the Provost, the department or program, and EPAG.
   6. The department or program should respond in writing to the report to the Provost and EPAG within three months of receiving the report of the review committee.
   7. The Provost will make available to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board for their review an executive summary of the department's self study report, a copy of the review committee's written report, and a copy of the department's written response.

• This section outlines current policy and was last reviewed by EPAG in Fall 2003.
  • Updated 4/29/04

[edit] SECTION 9 Faculty Professional Activities Programs

[edit] SECTION 10 Faculty Directory, Officers and Committee Memberships

http://www.macalester.edu/hr/handbook/section10.html

[edit] FACULTY COMMITTEE ROSTER 2004-2005

http://www.macalester.edu/hr/handbook/committees.pdf

[edit] Elected Positions (Terms)

• Presiding Officer of the Faculty (1 Year): Paul Solon
• Secretary of the Faculty (1 year): Paul Overvoorde

[edit] EDUCATION POLICY AND GOVERNANCE (EPAG)

• Ruthann Godollei (FA) At Large
• David Itzkowitz (H)
• Ruthanne Kurth-Schai (H)
• Jim Laine (H)
• Mary Montgomery, Chair (NS)
• Joan Ostrove (SS)
• Sarah Pradt (H)

Ex Officio: Ellen Guyer, Jayne Niemi, Dan Hornbach

[edit] FACULTY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE (6 members, 2 year terms)

• First Year: Paula Cooey
• Second Year: Jim Doyle
• Karine Moe
• David Lanegran, Chair
• Clay Steinman
• Teresita Martinez-Vergne

[edit] RESOURCES AND PLANNING COMMITTEE

• Susan Fox
• Martin Gunderson
• Tom Halverson, Chair
• Danny Kaplan
• Marjorie Merryman
• Karl Wirth

[edit] Staff

• Ron Joslin
• Sedric McClure
• Mary Claire Schultz

[edit] Faculty Roster 2004-2005

[edit] Faculty Constitution and By-Laws

[edit] SECTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR FACULTY AND STAFF

[edit] SECTION 11 Benefits

[edit] SECTION 12 College Policies

[edit] SECTION 13 Health and Safety

[edit] SECTION 14 HIPAA Policies and Procedures

• Reissued September 2003
  • Revised April 2004

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